Top Albums of 1989





Rank All Time Rank Artist Album Genres
1
51
Pixies Doolittle Indie Rock
2
67
The Stone Roses The Stone Roses Baggy / Madchester
3
73
De La Soul 3 Feet High and Rising Conscious Hip Hop
4
90
Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique Hip Hop
5
262
The Cure Disintegration Gothic Rock, Post-Punk
6
332
Madonna Like a Prayer Pop
7
435
New Order Technique Alternative Dance, Synthpop
8
465
Lou Reed New York Rock
9
507
Nine Inch Nails Pretty Hate Machine Electro-Industrial, Industrial Rock
10
650
Soul II Soul Club Classics Vol. One/Keep On Movin' Contemporary R&B, Dance-Pop
11
846
Nirvana Bleach Grunge
12
851
Galaxie 500 On Fire Dream Pop, Slowcore
13
858
Janet Jackson Rhythm Nation 1814 Dance-Pop, New Jack Swing
14
882
Neil Young Freedom Heartland Rock, Singer/Songwriter
15
973
The Neville Brothers Yellow Moon New Orleans R&B, Soul
16
1020
Tom Petty Full Moon Fever Heartland Rock, Pop Rock
17
1075
The Blue Nile Hats Sophisti-Pop
18
1113
Faith No More The Real Thing Alternative Rock, Funk Metal
19
1126
Mano Negra Puta's Fever Alternative Rock, Latin Alternative
20
1154
Bonnie Raitt Nick of Time Blues Rock, Pop Rock
21
1202
Aerosmith Pump Hard Rock
22
1208
808 State 90 Acid House
23
1210
Bob Dylan Oh Mercy Folk Rock, Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter
24
1224
Fugazi 13 Songs (Fugazi EP + Margin Walker EP) Post-Hardcore
25
1265
Jungle Brothers Done by the Forces of Nature Conscious Hip Hop
26
1337
Neneh Cherry Raw Like Sushi Pop Rap
27
1441
Spacemen 3 Playing with Fire Neo-Psychedelia, Space Rock
28
1507
John Lee Hooker The Healer Electric Blues
29
1569
Caetano Veloso Estrangeiro MPB, Singer/Songwriter
30
1634
Lenny Kravitz Let Love Rule Rock
31
1765
Kate Bush The Sensual World Art Pop
32
1873
Inner City Paradise/Big Fun Detroit Techno, House
33
1952
Roy Orbison Mystery Girl Pop Rock
34
1959
Mekons The Mekons Rock'n'roll Alternative Rock, Post-Punk
35
2284
Peter Gabriel Passion (Music for The Last Temptation of Christ) Ambient, Film Score, New Age, Regional Music
36
2303
Bob Mould Workbook Indie Rock
37
2391
Daniel Lanois Acadie Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter
38
2507
The Cult Sonic Temple Hard Rock
39
2546
Queen Latifah All Hail the Queen Pop Rap
40
2552
k.d. Lang Absolute Torch and Twang Country
41
2578
Urban Dance Squad Mental Floss for the Globe Rap Rock
42
2588
Indigo Girls Indigo Girls Folk Pop, Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
43
2599
Elvis Costello Spike Alternative Rock, Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter
44
2782
Van Morrison Avalon Sunset Pop Rock
45
2855
Fine Young Cannibals The Raw and the Cooked New Wave, Pop Rock
46
2893
The The Mind Bomb Alternative Rock, Art Pop, Pop Rock
47
2898
Don Henley The End of the Innocence Pop Rock

Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
XTC Oranges & Lemons Pop Rock
Julee Cruise Floating into the Night Ambient Pop, Dream Pop
Godflesh Streetcleaner Industrial Metal, Sludge Metal
Red Hot Chili Peppers Mother's Milk Alternative Rock, Funk Rock
Naked City Torture Garden Avant-Garde Jazz, Grindcore
Noir Désir Veuillez rendre l'âme (à qui elle appartient) Alternative Rock
Camper Van Beethoven Key Lime Pie Indie Rock
Ministry The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste Industrial Metal, Industrial Rock
Meat Beat Manifesto Storm the Studio Industrial
John Zorn Spy Vs. Spy Avant-Garde Jazz
The Tragically Hip Up to Here Roots Rock
Sepultura Beneath the Remains Thrash Metal
DumDum Boys Splitter Pine Pop Rock
Clint Black Killin' Time Contemporary Country
Boredoms Soul Discharge/Soul Discharge 99 Experimental Rock, Noise Rock
Steve Reich/Kronos Quartet/Pat Metheny Different Trains/Electric Counterpoint Minimalism
The Young Gods L'eau Rouge Industrial Rock
DeLillos Hjernen er Alene Pop Rock
Chris Isaak Heart Shaped World Pop Rock, Rock & Roll
Virgo Virgo Chicago House
Bad Religion No Control Melodic Hardcore, Skate Punk
The D.O.C. No One Can Do It Better Hardcore Hip Hop
John Scofield Time on My Hands Jazz
Laurie Anderson Strange Angels Art Pop
Jakob Hellman ...och stora havet Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Pop Rock
The Rolling Stones Steel Wheels Rock
Soundgarden Louder Than Love Alternative Metal, Grunge, Hard Rock
The Beautiful South Welcome to the Beautiful South Sophisti-Pop
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo Road to the Riches Boom Bap, Hardcore Hip Hop
Branford Marsalis Trio Jeepy Jazz
The B-52's Cosmic Thing New Wave, Pop
Eric Clapton Journeyman Blues Rock
Roy Orbison A Black and White Night Live Pop Rock
Keith Whitley I Wonder Do You Think of Me Country
The Wonder Stuff Hup Indie Pop